APPOINTED PROFESSORS/TEACHERS IN THE FACULTY
Prior to the re-organisation of the Medical School in the 19th century, a number of individuals have been identified as having been appointed to teach the main specialties at the School of Anatomy and Surgery and later in the Collegio Medico.
Scuola di Anatomia e Chirurgia
Lettore in Anatomy & Surgery
1676-1694 Giuseppe Zammit
1695-1723 Giuseppe Farrugia
1723-1753 Gabriele Henin
1754-1763 Enrico Magri [suffered apoplexy soon after appointment]
1754 Vincenzo Galli [acting capacity]
1763-1771 Michelangelo Grima
Collegio Medico
Professore di Anatomia et Chirurgia
1771-1797 Michelangelo Grima
1797-1798 Aurelio Badat
Professore delle operazioni chirurgiche e dell’arte ostetricia
1782-1798[?] Saverio Micallef
Professore di Medicina
1771-1797 Giorgio Locano
1797-1798 Giuseppe Grech
The re-establishment of Medical studies in the 19th century with the various reforms carried out by the University authorities to ensure the maintenance of standards required the creation of a number of University chairs and lectureship posts. This significantly augmented the academic staff of the Faculty of Medicine & Surgery.
Professor of Anatomy & Histology
1800-1813 Aurelio Badat
1824-1838 Gavino P. Portelli
1839-1858 Charles Galland
1858-1875 Salvatore L. Pisani
1876-1894 Hamilton Stilon
1894-1920 Carmel Samut
1920-1939 Ruggier Busuttil
1939-1953 Joseph Briffa
1954-1969 Victor Griffiths
1969-1977 John Leslie Pace
Professor of Surgery
1800-1813 Aurelio Badat
1824-1838 Gavino P. Portelli
1839-1858 Charles Galland
1858-1869 Giorgio L. Engerer
1869-1885 Salvatore L. Pisani
1885-1900 Teodore Bonnici
1900-1926 Salvatore Cassar
1926-1951 Pietro Paul Debono
1951-1969 Alfred Craig
1969-1977 Victor Griffiths
Professor of Physiology & Biochemistry
1800-1815 Ludovico Abela
1815-1831 Stefano Grillet
1833-1856 G.C. Schinas
1856-1902 Giuseppe O. Galea
1903-1925 Carmelo Mifsud
1925-1926 Alphonse Portelli Carbone
1926-1939 Pietro Xuereb
1939-1963 Walter Ganado
1965-1977 William H. Bannister
Professor of Midwifery & Gynaecology
1802-1823 Francesco Buttigieg
1824-1832[?] Michele Borg
1833-1834 Agostino Bonnici
1835-1858 Saverio Apap
1859-1869 Salvatore L. Pisani
1869-1880 Antonio Mifsud
1880-1904 Giuseppe Batta Schembri
1904-1909 Salvatore Grech
1909-1930 George Debono
1930-1951 Guze Ellul
1951-1952 Victor Stilon de Piro
1952-1954 Guze Ellul [acting]
1954-1962 Oscar Zammit
1963-1965 Joseph Rosario Borg [acting]
1965-1977 Arthur P. Camilleri
Professor of Pathology
1800-1815 Ludovico Abela
1815-1832 Stefano Grillet
1833-1856 Stefano Zerafa
1856-1894 Giuseppe O. Galea
1894-1920 Carmel Samut
1920-1926 Robert Samut
1927-1948 R. Vincenti
1949-1953 Emmanuel Agius [acting]
1953-1977 George P. Xuereb
Professor of Medicine
1800-1815 Ludovico Abela
1815-1831 Stefano Grillet
1833-1856 G.C. Schinas
1856-1902 Giuseppe O. Galea
1903-1924 Carmelo Mifsud
1925-1938 Edgar H. Ferro
1939-1946 Pietro Xuereb
1946-1963 Joseph E. Debono
1963-1966 Walter Ganado
1967-1973 Joseph Zammit Maempel
1973-1977 Frederick F. Fenech
The Trade Unionist action undertaken by the medical profession in 1977 and the countermeasures taken by the administration led to the disruption of medical teaching and the dismissal of many of the Faculty departmental heads. In the initial years, until 1979, the clinical course was managed by Prof. G.P. Xuereb who acted as Co-ordinator of Clinical Studies. After 1979, new departmental heads were appointed, sometimes in a temporary acting position. The resolution of the unionist conflict after 1987 led to a new upheaval with the re-appointment of past and new appointees. The tenure to headship posts was changed to an elected temporary appointment by the Education Act XXIV of June 1988.
Head of Anatomy & Histology
1977-1979 John Leslie Pace
1980-1983 Marie Therese Camilleri
1984-1987 Anthony H.B. de Bono
1987-1990 William H. Bannister
1991-1995 Alfred Cuschieri
1996-2003 Marie Therese Camilleri
2004-2007 Alfred Cuschieri
2008-2010 Piere Schembri Wismayer
Head of Surgery
1977-1980 George P. Xuereb*
1980-1982 Anthony H.B. de Bono
1982-1985 Joseph A. Muscat
1986-1987 Arthur Felice
1988-1990 Victor Griffiths
1990-2000 Carmelo L. Cutajar
2001-2010 Godfrey Laferla
Head of Pathology
1977-1982 George P. Xuereb
1982-1991 Joseph Gatt
1992-1997 Maurice Cauchi
1998-2005 Albert Cilia Vincenti
2006-2010 Bridgette Ellul
Head of Midwifery & Gynaecology
1977-1979 George P. Xuereb*
1979-1988 Edwin S. Grech
1988-1990 Eddie A. Agius
1990-2007 Mark P. Brincat
2008-2010 Charles Savona-Ventura
Head of Physiology & Biochemistry
1977-1978 William H. Bannister
1980-1982 S. Abu-Sitta
1983 Marie Therese Camilleri
1984-1987 Anthony H.B. de Bono
1987-1999 William H. Bannister
2000-2007 Joseph V Bannister
2008-2010 Gary Hunter
Head of Medicine
1977-1979 George P. Xuereb*
1980-1981 James Vallance-Owen
1982 J. McD. G. Stewart
1983-1987 Angelo J. Psaila
1987-1995 Frederick F. Fenech
1996-2004 Joseph Azzopardi
2004-2010 Joseph Cacciattolo
* Co-ordinator of Clinical Studies